Chapter 77. Just listen to me for a moment (2)
Should I say it’s peaceful?
Arsene thought for a moment and shook her head to herself.
No matter how much I listened to it, it didn’t seem like a peaceful sound.
– Shoot…
The valley in the forest north of the palace flows toward the Seneu River. The sound of the strong water flows and flows until it finally reaches the ever-quiet Seneu River. And it continues silently until it reaches the end of the long lecture.
Today, I feel sad about such a noisy stream flowing toward a silent river. It suddenly occurred to me that even the quiet Senyu River once had such a noisy day. That’s somehow sad.
– Jump and jump.
A wide open space in the middle of the forest.
After leaving his horse Roro there and moving his feet toward a deeper place, Arsene, who was lost in a thought that did not fit with himself, just smiled to himself. And I continued walking towards the place where I could hear the noisy sound of water.
‘Where is the corps commander?’
‘After looking around at the condition of the injured, he went back out.’
‘Did you go to His Majesty?’
‘You didn’t say anything until that point.’
‘No. Your Highness is currently meeting Duke Siegfried.’
Slayman, who met Dmirea who was returning from the forest north of the palace, went to Lemain. And Demirea was telling Calian about the situation in the palace.
Meanwhile, Arsene, who had received the same information through Siona, came out of the Wilhelm Pavilion after checking that the condition of the seriously injured had improved to the point where there was no need to worry.
‘Then you’re probably at Arpia Palace?’
‘You’re not there. Anyway, I think I know where you are, so I’ll go.’
‘yes. All right.’
‘Oh. ‘Division Commander Zeia.’
‘yes. Vice commander.’
‘Do you carry alcohol in addition to perfume?’
‘…… yes?’
‘no. That’s it. Don’t act like a crazy person drinking in this situation.’
‘yes.’
‘I’ll find it myself.’
‘…… yes?’
Well, anyway. That’s how I came to the forest north of the palace.
This is a place where you pass a little further through a clearing in the forest.
Toward the valley with the noisy sound of water everywhere.
– Shoot…!
Arsene arrived at the valley and saw a place.
A place where glistening valley water flows down in unusually bright moonlight. He stared at the back of the archmage sitting on the wide rock next to him for a while and then opened his mouth.
“I have served you well, Your Highness.”
The archmage, who had already sensed the presence of Arsene coming to visit him, did not even turn his head. He was sitting with his back to the palace, staring endlessly at the endless water pouring down.
“Yes. You had a hard time.”
Then he gave his answer in a voice that seemed to be submerged in the sad color of the water.
Nod.
Arsene gave an invisible nod and walked straight towards where Alan was.
– Shake it off.
Soon, without asking Alan’s permission, Arsene picked a suitable rock across from him and sat down. Afterwards, he took out something from the wizard’s pocket that he would never have carried with him.
It was Himolica.
– Gurgling…….
I entered Alan’s office and filled the glass I had picked up with the strong liquor that was sitting next to it. Then he handed it to Alan and said:
“I was worried that you might not like it because it’s alcohol.”
Alan looked at the familiar glass filled with alcohol that was like a moon halo on a cloudy day and laughed.
“Of course it’s alcohol.”
“I didn’t think I needed anything more than alcohol, so I just brought it.”
Alan shook his head after hearing Arsene’s words. And he was handed a drink by a subordinate who was as capable as he was capable of doing many hateful things.
Of course it was alcohol, but there was nothing I needed more than alcohol.
“Why are you offering me alcohol?”
“You can’t tell the prince about today, right?”
What did they send to Alan and what did they do? Who did you see today? Why is the great wizard who burned up two hundred soldiers with a single finger sitting in a place like this and acting like a monk?
It was obvious that he would keep all those words to himself.
“So what should I do? I should get you a drink too.”
So what should I do?
A capable and time-rich deputy commander should step forward.
“You do all kinds of amazing things.”
“If you are outstanding, please raise your salary.”
A thin smile appeared in Alan’s sharp eyes.
Then he drank his drink without saying anything. He only listened to the sound of the water, whether quiet or noisy.
This means that there is no intention to raise wages.
Since it was something he had not expected in the first place, Arsene took a deep breath through his nose, which was tired from the cold, and smelled the water. After that, I closed my eyes, which were bluer than the water, and left my thoughts to the peaceful sound that would help me forget about the hectic battles that had taken place today.
After doing that, I could no longer hear any noise other than the occasional sound of the drinking glass dwindling and the noisy sound of the water.
“… It was nice to meet you.”
Arsene, who was sitting quietly in the noisy silence, heard Alan’s words. Arsene opened his eyes a little late as he heard a self-deprecating laugh hanging from the back of the horse.
“It’s a face I’ve never forgotten. It’s so nice to see you.”
Alan continued.
He said he was happy to see his dead son even though he knew there was no way he could have come back alive.
Arsene shifted his gaze. Alan’s face was looking down at his glass of wine, he was staring at the communication ring on which Alan’s necklace was attached, then he turned his head towards the valley and opened his mouth.
“The prince probably knows. Are you really not going to tell me?”
“It’s okay, so I should tell him not to worry. The prince is already full of worries, so how can I add to his worries by becoming a father?”
– I told him to take a look. I handed it to my father.
suddenly.
I remembered Sispanian’s message again, which I had been thinking about because I couldn’t understand it.
“…Father…”
Arsene, who briefly reflected on Alan’s words and Sispanian’s words, took a long breath and then inhaled again.
“It was a long time ago, Commander.”
“okay.”
“One day a long time ago, my father and older sister, who had gone hunting for rabbits in the mountains, were killed by barbarians, and my mother and grandfather, who had set out to avenge the incident, died.”
Alan looked up from his glass and looked at Arsene.
“Are you talking about this?”
“Yes. That’s my story.”
Arsene spoke, bringing up something from his time that he had never mentioned before, other than bragging about his teacher.
“Until three mornings ago, everyone gathered together and ate together, but when I came to my senses, I was the only one left in the world. Three days later.”
“… How did you endure it?”
“It was overwhelming. If I wanted to get revenge, the way to get revenge was difficult. If I wanted to just live, the way to survive was difficult. It wasn’t easy to endure.”
“Yeah. I guess so.”
“In the end… they said that food was scarce and it was difficult to live in the Great Desert, so that must have been why they crossed the border. My family must have been so unlucky to have been hit by those guys. I tried to think of it that way. Revenge, too. “I did it because I thought it was best to continue living without being able to do anything.”
Grinning.
Arsene poured the remaining Himolica after handing it to Alan and looked at the glass. He knew that if he drank it, he would definitely get drunk, so he could not put it to his mouth, but only drank with his eyes. And he kept bringing up things he had no intention of revealing.
“But then I overheard the conversation between the knights who came to the village. I learned that the barbarians were actually a pack of Great Desert Wolves and that they had gone ‘hunting’ to the village across the border as a bet.”
“… That’s too bad.”
“It was something I had never thought of.”
“Would you have imagined? Even though not all Great Desert wolves are proud warriors.”
“Yes. It’s true that there are not only wolves like Siona Hill, but it was still unexpected. After confirming that, I felt like my senses were refreshed.”
“So you learned magic?”
“Around that time, the wizard who came to the village to catch the barbarians was my teacher. I felt like a way to live without feeling intimidated had opened up, so I went to see my teacher. And the teacher willingly accepted a child who could not read properly, let alone use magic, as his disciple. Greetings Even though he scolded me for not doing it properly. Anyway, after that, I learned magic with all my might and went to the Great Desert with my teacher.”
Alan emptied all the alcohol in his glass, as if drinking the alcohol that Arsene could not drink. Arsene’s voice continued like the sound of water as he refilled the glass.
“I was wandering around the great desert, taking my revenge as much as I wanted, when I happened to look into my teacher’s luggage. There was a notebook and a portrait in it. I didn’t know what I was thinking when I touched it, but I picked it up as if I was possessed… ..I saw blue hair.”
Arsene laughed quietly and eventually lifted the drink in his hand and brought it to his mouth. After moistening my lips just a little, I put it back down.
“A young child. At first, I thought it was me because it depicted a blue-haired child around the same age I met Master. But that wasn’t the case.”
“Have you become that teacher’s child?”
“Yes. At that time, I found out that Master, who said he had no children, had a dead son. It was then that I realized that he accepted me as his disciple because I looked just like his son.”
“I guess you weren’t feeling well.”
“I knew that I had gone in and lived in my son’s place. How could it have been comfortable? So I thought about asking my teacher, but in the end I couldn’t. I just stayed like that, and it was only on the day that my teacher passed away that I opened my mouth and asked.”
Alan took a long breath.
I waited for Arsene’s next words.
“What I said was right. He raised me in place of his dead son. That’s what he answered. He then said he was sorry and breathed his last. Without even giving me a chance to tell him how I felt about him, Master.”
Alan didn’t nod his head or sigh.
He quietly closed his eyes and only heard the sound of gently flowing water.
I feel like the words Arsene is telling me are somehow his own story.
“I understand that the prince met the corps commander when he was in danger due to poison. I think that’s why he came to regard the prince as his son, corps commander.”
“… Yes, that’s what he thought. He thought he had found a way to atone.”
“The prince probably doesn’t know either. Knowing this, he decided to consider the corps commander as his father.”
Alan opened his eyes without answering. He just stared down at the glass that Arsene had filled.
“But I still don’t know why Master’s son died or why Master acted like me by capturing and killing all the warriors of the Great Desert. That story is as strong as Secretia’s defenses, so I asked about it and comforted him. “I tried… but I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t go inside that high barrier.”
I remembered visiting Ronil’s grave alone.
I remembered Calian’s words when he asked me if I went to that place alone.
“The prince may have never shown any signs of it, but I did. It seemed like my master passed away thinking of me only as a substitute for his dead son, and that became a heavy stone for me that I could not put down for the rest of my life.”
“Is that what you thought…?”
Arsene nodded his head.
“I want you to tell me what happened in this forest today and how heartbroken you are. I hope you don’t make the prince think of the corps commander’s son as a memory that shouldn’t be touched. Otherwise, the prince will take the corps commander’s son’s place. “Aren’t you supposed to be nothing more or less than a person who replaces you?”
I noticed that Calian didn’t want to touch Ronil’s seat.
I was secretly grateful for that aspect. Instead of trying to fill the empty position, he created a new position and thought he was just a son.
“How can I become a son when you don’t give me time to be a son?”
But now it occurred to me that that might not have been the case.
The wall that Alan built next to Ronil’s empty seat was so high that he couldn’t even dare to go in, so he may have tried to make a new seat next to it. He finally had that thought.
“Okay… I understand what you mean.”
Alan took the himolica that was in Arsene’s hand. And he just put his mouth to his mouth and drank the wine he had wasted in one gulp.
“I never thought you’d say that. Thank you.”
Arsene, who looked regretful as he watched the alcohol disappear, nodded his head. And he looked up at the moon halo of the same color as Himolica and answered.
“Actually, I don’t like to bring up old stories, so only the president of the association knows about it. But because of what Sispanian said to me, I already thought of my father and my teacher… Then, I saw the corps commander acting like a bully. The word got out.”
“What did Sispanian say?”
“You said something I didn’t understand.”
Alan, who was looking at Arsene in a depressed mood, laughed.
“What you’re saying really reminds me of someone. The Vice Commander, who seems to be holding on to today and tomorrow for the rest of his life because he’s on the crown prince’s throne, doesn’t give me time to ask him a question. But he just disappears without even having time to do so. ”
Alan, who had returned with a similar expression as usual, looked at Arsene with a generous heart because his complaints were not as bothersome as they were today.
“But because you gave me a riddle.”
“I asked him to look at it, and he handed it to my father. Sispanian said that, but I have never done anything like that to my father or my teacher.”
When Alan heard this, his face looked a little surprised, and then he said:
“You told the story in the wrong place. Cispanian.”
“Do you know what this means, Commander?”
I asked him to take a look and he handed it to his father.
Calian was the only one to whom Sispanian told him to ‘do something’. Even so, he only once told Calian to take a look. And Calian, who heard that, told Alan what Sispanian had told him to look into.
A piece of the axis of time.
What Calian received through Planz from the Sispanian cavity. Because he put it in his arms as soon as he received it, Arsene, who was far away, did not even know that he had received the piece.
Why did I say those words to Arsene, who didn’t know the situation?
Alan, who was thinking about that, smiled softly.
“When I tell you such a riddle, you think of your teacher. Because of that thought, you come to me and tell me old stories. Moang knew that you would do that.”
extremely great.
Truly a thoughtful Cispanian.
“Does Sispanian also call me his father?”
Alan, who was muttering quietly, took out a pocket from his arms. And he handed the piece of the axis that was stored inside to Arsene.
“I want to come and tell you right away. I’m going to be busy going back to the palace, so you can go instead.”
“What is this?”
“It’s something the prince had to look into.”
Arsene, who still didn’t understand half of what was going on, Sispanian’s words, and Alan’s words, shook his head moderately.
“Can I go now?”
“If you really said that, it would be better to tell you as soon as possible. I will tell you and take good care of you until you come to the palace, and then come with me.”
“If we go all the way there, both of the vice commander positions will be empty. Are you okay if we don’t have them?”
“The only thing that can happen is an accident.”
Alan chuckled as he remembered the Vice Commander standing proudly on the dinner table, lying down as if it was the best dinner he had had in a long time. And he said as he looked at the vice-captain, who was a good thinker and never lost to Kalian.
“Thank you.”
Arsene smiled slightly as he heard unfamiliar words twice and responded.
“If you appreciate it, please raise my salary.”
“Why? Are you going to buy Siren flowers?”
“I want to buy you a drink.”
Alan smiled softly.
What I meant was, don’t say stupid things.
* * *
– Jump and jump.
Kirie, who knocked out her captured warrior, went down to the villa first. One person who did not hear the sound of her footsteps and the other person who made the same sound as always walked slowly down the mountain path.
‘Are you saying I should look into this?’
‘okay.’
Calian didn’t say another word the whole way down the road, which was full of rocks rather than a mountain road.
– Jump and jump.
Plantz, who knows very well that when his younger brother is in trouble, he doesn’t look either in front or to the side, he looked at the mountain path at dawn in case his younger brother’s feet went in the wrong place.
After walking for a few minutes, we reached the back gate of the villa, and the moonlight became brighter than before. Planz, noticing this, turned his head for a moment and looked at Calian, who was walking a little away.
My face, bathed in moonlight, looked better than when I was in the room. He couldn’t stand the threat and went out to fight again, so I thought they would all have dead faces, but I was surprised.
‘…… Come to think of it.’
Now that I think about it, it was surprising.
The smell of blood soon disappeared.
The smell of blood that wafted out with every breath. When I looked again a little while ago, the smell had decreased significantly, but in that time it had completely disappeared.
– Tak.
Plantz, realizing that fact, stopped his steps.
When Plantz stopped, wondering if he was the one who had been walking blindly, Calian, who was standing still at almost the same time, turned his head.
Afterwards, after he realized that he had already arrived at the villa and looked surprised, he noticed Planz staring at his face and asked.
“Why are you doing that?”
Plantz, who had been studying Calian for a while, quietly opened his mouth.
“You. I don’t smell blood.”
“Oh, I’m not sleeping anymore.”
“why.”
Calian, who was trying to interpret Planz’s words, which were as unexpected and extremely brief as his own complaint, was unable to come up with an answer and looked into his light green eyes. Then I realized that there was a lot of warning in his eyes.
…… ah.
I know what that pea is thinking.
Now he thought it strange that the smell of blood, which had not abated when he was in the room of the villa, had actually diminished after the fight. Because Plantz didn’t know yet that Calian had raised a circle in the meantime.
In short, everything he looks like, has red aura, and lives, is all my brother’s, so why can’t I smell blood? In other words, are you really my younger brother? I came here to find out about the power and life of the red sword, but now I am starting to have doubts. I don’t smell blood.
“You should have asked that question before handing over such an important item.”
A deep smile was drawn on Kalian’s red lips.
“…… older brother.”
Plantz frowned at the corners of his eyes when he heard the eerie voice that came out at the end of a beautiful laugh. Then he opened his mouth with an annoyed face.
“it’s okay.”
Don’t be fooled.
When they told me that bananas would grow if I planted Renicita down, I half believed it. It’s a shame.
Calian chuckled and opened his mouth.
“I increased the circle by one. Thanks to that, I can put the aurors back into the circle. There won’t be any conflicts for a while.”
“okay.”
“Aren’t you surprised? They say they crossed a wall in the meantime.”
“I was thinking about it. Just now.”
The moment Calian tried to make fun of Plantz, Plantz, with his smart mind, thought of ‘How did that guy who was trying to make fun of me make it clear that he was my brother, the smell of blood disappeared?’ and calmly answered.
Calian laughed as if it was not fun and took another step.
Plantz’s mouth opened slightly as he looked at his younger brother like that.
“…… I’m glad.”
For a moment, Calian looked at Planz as if he couldn’t believe his ears. Then I realized that those amazing words were not said or heard incorrectly.
Kalian smiled brightly and nodded her head.
“yes.”
I have to show off when I meet Demirea.
I guess the pea farming wasn’t completely ruined.
You should brag to your heart’s content and receive praise again and again.
“What is the piece like?”
Plantz, who realized that his younger brother was sure to say something like ‘Oh my, my brother, how amazing you are growing up’, quickly opened his mouth.
Just as Calian was about to say that, he silenced her and said something else.
“Actually, there’s one thing I learned how to do today.”
“What.”
“I changed the attack sent by the warrior into my own magic. I don’t know if that’s something that all 5th Circle wizards can do, but the situation was a bit urgent, so I ended up doing it.”
“How did you say you did it?”
“The mana involved in the attack sent by the warrior was read. Instead of magic, I saw the mana that made up the fire arrow.”
Calian said this while turning his back to the villa and looking at Planz, then looked again at the piece of the axle in his hand.
“I think that if I do that, I might be able to see traces of the magic power left behind when Arnaizel used this piece or something else. If I do it well, I think I can change the power entangled there to my will. So, I put it on the piece the same way I did before. “I’m thinking of taking a look at the intertwined forces… but it doesn’t work out as well as I wanted.”
At these words, the magical power of water suddenly became entangled in Plantz’s hands.
Then, before Calian could ask, ‘Brother, what kind of crazy thing are you trying to do?’, I extended all of my magical energy to Calian.
– Sigh!
There is a sharp sound.
The water arrows Plants shot rushed towards Calian.
– Ugh!
– Kagang!
Calian quickly made a sword and struck down the water arrow. An arrow that has fallen from a distance can be seen turning into water again and seeping onto the floor.
Calian’s red eyes, which had been looking at it with blank eyes, looked at what looked like an unripe mulberry kernel standing next to him.
“Brother, come to me now.”
“…I heard they changed it.”
The mulberry kernel, which was staring blankly into red eyes full of resentment as if something absurd had happened, gave a slow answer.
“Did you suddenly attack me to make me change again?”
“I heard you did it.”
“I did it once, but I said I couldn’t do it again.”
“You can do it. If you do it.”
“Do you think I’m like an older brother? I did it, so if it works, I’ve already done it. Since it didn’t work, I said no.”
“Speak informally.”
“Is speaking informally important now? I lived and died all day today, and not even the top of a mulberry fruit flew at my brother’s head, but a handle that almost got me stuck. I fought with him and ended up seeing Chase’s face. Oh, I’m going to die like this again. While watching, I told my younger brother that he barely survived.”
“……Kalian.”
“Why Calian? It’s the axis of time, and if I die again, disappear again, and come back to life again, it’s not like you’ll find me again. No matter what, brother, really….”
– sudden!
Planz covered Calian’s mouth with his hand as he started barking again out of sadness upon learning that he had been at ease and almost died by accident at the hands of his crazy, enemy-like brother.
“You. Talk to me.”
Calian, who had not yet grasped the situation, blinked his big eyes, and when he saw Planz’s expression, he realized something was strange and turned his head.
“To die again… What do you mean, prince?”
and.
I heard these scary words.
Miraculously, the head of the purple-haired wizard association, who still did not know Calian’s secret, was standing there because he sensed an unfamiliar magical energy coming from the back gate of the villa, so he moved quickly.
“…… ah.”
ah…….
Demirea.
…… What do we do.
